Understanding LWIN standards
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LWIN Standards V 1.1
Understanding LWIN standards
Introduction
In this document, you will find guidance on how to request additions to the LWIN database, both new products (LWIN7) and new vintages
(LWIN11). If you have access to the LWIN website (lwin.liv-ex.com), you can search for and request new LWINs easily, and also check on the
progress of any pending requests.
If you notice any inconsistencies or duplicate LWINs in the database, or have any other enquiries, please contact the LWIN team at lwin@liv-
ex.com.
Below, we save five quick tips on how to get new LWINs faster. The rest of the document explains the process in more detail.
Save time: Avoid five key mistakes
The LWIN team is now working hard to add hundreds, and sometimes thousands, of new LWINs every month. We prioritise LWIN requests that
are correctly submitted through the request form on our website. Below, we show you how to fix five common errors and get your new LWIN
created faster.
1. Check if this LWIN already exists
The wine you are looking for might already have an LWIN. It’s easy to check. Just use the search bar in the LWIN website.
2. Simple letters only, please
LWIN uses the English alphabet, so none of the data contains diacritics (like â, é, ç, ó and ß). Please remove these and replace them with the
corresponding letter when requesting an LWIN, e.g. Spätlese as Spatlese.
3. Understand the ‘wine name’ field
The wine name field rarely contains official geographic information – this can go into the relevant region, sub-region or site fields. Use it for
attributes not contained within other fields. Below, we’ve highlighted some examples of wine name within LWINs.
1120671: Muga, Prado Enea Gran Reserva, Rioja
1090699: Joh Jos Prum, Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Spatlese, Mosel
1663260: Sine Qua Non, Eleven Confessions Extended Barrel Age, Sta. Rita Hills
This is explained in more detail further into the document.
4. Add URL links to the product
Adding a link to a producer website or product page can help us to identify the wine quickly. Please make sure to include one in your request.
5. No YELLING, please
All LWINs are written in sentence case. Lafite Rothschild, not LAFITE ROTHSCHILD.
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Request new LWIN7
You can request new products through the LWIN website.
Before getting started with the request, it’s worth checking that the product
doesn’t already have an LWIN. You can do this quickly using the search bar at
the top of the page, or by downloading the latest LWIN Database.
If you’re sure that the LWIN doesn’t already exist, head over to the request
page. Under ‘LWIN tools’ you will find the option to Request LWIN, followed by a choice to request either a new product or a new vintage.
Label information
Whenever it is practical to do so, an LWIN display name should
reflect precisely what is found on the
label of a product.
An asterisk (*) indicates that a field is mandatory. If there is no
relevant information for a field, simply assign not applicable.
To understand our regional mapping logic, please download the
LWIN Regions file.
Producer title
Producer titles are important for distinguishing different brands and businesses. In most instances we only include a producer title if this is a
prominent feature on the label. If this is not the case for your request, select not applicable.
Producer name*
The producer name should refer to the business or brand that is most commonly recognised as making the product. We typically omit
information that is not a prominent part of the label, such as the name of the winemaker or of the parent company. If this additional
information is needed for the purpose of identifying the product, it may be included in brackets (e.g. Domaine Gagey (Louis Jadot) ).
Request new LWIN product (LWIN7) or Request new LWIN vintage (LWIN11)
Castello
Bruno Giacosa
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Wine name*
The wine name is used to describe various attributes that are not contained within other fields. These include grape variety (e.g. Shiraz), age
statement (e.g. Gran Reserva), marketing name (e.g. Cuvee Madeleine), ripeness and quality levels (e.g. Auslese), dosage level (e.g. Brut Zero)
and any geographical indicators that are not official designations of origin, and hence not included in the list of LWIN Regions (e.g.
Bannockburn, a town in New Zealand, or Eleven Confessions Vineyard, a delimited parcel of land that is not part of an official classification).
Type*
LWINs are categorized into six different types: Wine, Fortified Wine, Spirit, Beer, Cider and Other. Each Type will offer a delimited choice of
Sub types linked to that category. Please note that product specific LWINs are not presently created for beer and cider, and generic LWIN
codes will be provided for these instead. LWINs may only be requested for alcoholic or de-alcoholised products.
Sub type*
Sub types are linked to their respective types. In this instance Port is a sub-type of Fortified Wine. Sometimes the style of product may further
be described using the region or sub-region fields (e.g. Cognac is a style of Brandy), or the Wine name (e.g. Bourbon is a style of Whisky).
Colour*
Wines are assigned the colours White, Rose or Red. Fortified Wine, Spirit, Beer, Cider and Other should be set to not applicable. The colour
mixed is made available for Assortment Case LWINs.
Classification*
The Classification is used to represent a variety of wine classification systems that are ratified and straightforward to maintain. These include
the 1855 Classification of Bordeaux Grand Cru Classe, Burgundy’s Premier Cru and Grand Cru vineyards and Erste Lage for Austria. Details of
these are contained within the LWIN Regions file. Please note that ‘age statements’ such as Riserva, Gran Reserva, Anejo etc. are not
considered to be classifications and should be placed within the wine name field.
Country*
Countries may offer a delimited subset of regions if applicable.
Region
Regions are mapped to their respective countries and some offer a delimited subset of sub-regions. Some regions are not in themselves
appellations (e.g. Rhone or Tuscany), but are used to describe traditional areas that group together recognised sub-regions.
Spirit
Port
Red
2eme Cru Classe
Germany
Rioja
Block 5 Pinot Noir
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Sub-region
Sub-regions are mapped to their respective regions and some offer a delimited subset of sites. In most cases LWIN sub-regions are official
appellations, recognised and protected by a government body, and are linked to an official designation. For example Terre Siciliane is an IGT
sub-region of Sicily. Sub-regions may be associated with a classification (e.g. Hengst is a Grand Cru of Alsace).
Site
Sites are mapped to their respective sub-regions and some offer a delimited subset of parcels. These are typically vineyards that are protected
and promoted by an official body or association. In this instance Ried Kaferberg is an Erste Lage of Kamptal DAC.
Parcel
Parcels are mapped to their respective sites. These are typically subzones within vineyard areas that are protected and promoted by an official
body or association. In this instance Clos Saint-Abdon is subzone of Les Chaumees in Chassagne-Montrachet.
Designation
Designation denotes the quality scheme that the geographical indication, as defined by the region, sub-region, site or parcel, belongs to. In this
instance IGP stands for Indication Géographique Protégée and is an EU quality scheme.
Vintage information
NB: LWIN7s cannot be assigned both vintage and non-vintage configurations. Also, other than for a few exceptions the release date, bottling
date, disgorgement date and base wine date is not to be considered equivalent to a vintage. When applicable, products identified using one of
these dates will require a separate LWIN7 to be created at the discretion of the LWIN team.
Terre Siciliane
Ried Kaferberg
Clos Saint-Abdon
IGP
Vintage configuration
Sequential denotes vintage products that are consistently produced
most years.
NonSequential describes vintage products that are known to be made in
select years (e.g. Vintage Champagne or Vintage Port).
SingleVintageOnly may refer either to vintage products that are known
to have been produced only once, OR to non-vintage products.
Additional vintage information
First vintage denotes the first year in which the product is known to
have been made. Please note this is not necessarily the same as the year
in which the producer was established.
Final vintage refers to the last year in which the product is known to
have been made.
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Additional information
It’s important to provide us with as much information about the product as possible when requesting a new LWIN> Please be sure to include a
URL to a label, technical sheet or specific page on a producer or importer’s website that adequately describes it.
If there is any other relevant information that you feel the LWIN team should be aware of, please include this as a note. This is important for
pre-releases, or for products that change name year-on-year, assortment cases or more elusive products.
Formatting guidelines
Diacritics (accents and special characters)
LWIN does not support diacritics such as é, ø, å, ç, ñ, ß. Please formulate words as they would appear without diacritics (e.g. Spätlese as
Spatlese).
Abbreviations
The following words are abbreviated as demonstrated. Unless otherwise stated, all words are to be formulated as they appear on the label.
Trockenbeerenauslese as TBA
Grosses Gewachs as GG
Uppercase vs. lowercase
Proper nouns typically are generally formulated using a capital letter at the start of each word. Articles, prepositions and conjunctions such as
‘de’, ‘la’, ‘les’, ‘du’, ‘dei’, ‘di’, ‘of’, ‘and’ are typically formatted with lowercase formatting. Please note that an LWIN display name is not to be
formatted in all-caps unless the design of the label suggests that this would be accurate.
Special characters
The LWIN database supports an array of special characters including °, %, #, &, “.”, *, <, >, +. These are only to be included if they are integral
to the name of a product and are present on the label.
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Request new LWIN11
You can request a new vintages for existing LWINs through the LWIN website.
Under ‘LWIN tools’ you will find the option to request LWIN, followed by a choice to request either a new product or a new vintage.
Select an LWIN7 for which you would like to request a new vintage, and then pick your desired vintages from the console.
NB: For products with sequential or nonSequential vintage configurations it is not possible to request ‘NV’ as a valid vintage. If you feel that an
LWIN7 has been assigned an incorrect vintage configuration, please contact the LWIN team at [email protected].
Request new LWIN vintage (LWIN11) Request new LWIN product (LWIN7) or
Select LWIN7 1001910
1001910: Cullen, Diana Madeline, Margaret River
By selecting a valid vintage from the panel, you are requesting that a
new vintage be committed to the LWIN database.
If the product you have selected has a sequential vintage
configuration, and the requested vintage does not conflict with the
first vintage and final vintage, the LWIN11 request will be
automatically approved.
If the product you have selected has a nonsequential
singleVintageOnly vintage configuration, or first vintage or final
vintage parameters that conflict with the requested vintage, then the
request will be reviewed by the LWIN team before being approved or
rejected.
As with LWIN7 requests, please provide any details relevant to the new
vintage via the URL and note fields.
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Assortment Cases
For producers who release official assortment cases directly from the estate, we can set up one vintage (horizontal assortment) and one non-
vintage (vertical) LWIN to identify all such cases. However, we do not create LWINs that describe the specific contents of assortments; this
information should be recorded alongside users’ own product codes.
Examples:
1751945 Domaine Armand Rousseau, Assortment Case
1879902 Domaine d'Auvenay, NV Assortment Case